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The brilliant new comedy reimagines the Virgin Mary’s origin story to explore how women across centuries have confronted the same forces of patriarchal control, violence and repression.
New Off-Broadway Play 'The Body of Mary' Takes on Reproduction, Narrative and Control
New Off-Broadway Play 'The Body of Mary' Takes on Reproduction, Narrative and Control
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Two-thirds of NYC’s income growth since the pandemic went to the top 1%. The richest 0.001% — about 50 families — saw their average income soar from $315 million in 2019 to nearly $600 million a year. It’s time to build a city that works for everyone.
When 3M scientist Kris Hansen discovered that a chemical the company produced was in the blood of the general public, her bosses questioned her work. Yet all along, some people inside the company had known the same thing. Listen to this excerpt:
Oh, honey . . . Dolly Parton disliked everything you are. You are a selfish, venal fool who mocks those with misfortunes, lies, and takes food and medicine away from children. She was a generous, incorruptible sage who comforted those with misfortunes, spoke the truth, and gave to children.
Walmart is making headlines for receiving a $2.9 billion tariff refund. But there aren’t any headlines about Walmart’s biggest secret…
Benefits of Being a U. S. State: 1) No universal healthcare. 2) Your kids get shot at in school. 3) You get no disaster relief if you didn’t vote for the malignant crazy person in the Oval Office. 4) Get diarrhea from your food. Think long and hard before saying “no” to such a utopia, Canada!
Now it's getting good: the Trump aides who have had it in for Harp are going to reporters to dish the dirt
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3w agoAccording to CNN, Natalie Harp once jumped into the trunk of an SUV after getting into a screaming match with other Trump staffers after being denied a seat in the motorcade heading to a Trump trial appearance. www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/p...
We got wars tho… Ya… that’s about it. Wars and corruption
The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
Standing on stage at the New York City Center, Mayor Mamdani announces his admin's opening a lottery for 2,000 free tickets to Broadway shows for local high schoolers. Noting that he's been doing sports game lotteries all summer, he says: "This is justice for theatre kids."
#OnThisDay in 1955, Lamar Smith, a World War I veteran who organized Black Americans to vote, was shot dead in broad daylight on the courthouse lawn in Brookhaven, Mississippi. No one was ever prosecuted. A historic marker at the courthouse now honors Smith. mississippitoday.org/2024/08/13/1...
1955: Lamar Smith killed on courthouse lawn - Mississippi Today
On this day in 1955, Lamar Smith, a World War I veteran who organized Black Americans to vote, was shot dead on the courthouse lawn in Brookhaven.
mississippitoday.org
A Minnesota man killed his wife and their 7-year-old daughter as young children gathered at a home daycare the couple owned before taking his own life, police said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/4hwFWUm
Minnesota man killed his wife and child at daycare after killing another relative, police say
A Minnesota man killed his wife and their 7-year-old daughter as young children gathered at a home daycare the couple owned before taking his own life, police said Wednesday.
to.pbs.org
Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food. Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card. (Published Dec. 2025)
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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AI data centers don't create jobs. They kill jobs. And if you want to beat China, try green energy. That's where the future is. These people are so stupid.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoEMMER: Our enemy -- China -- is trying to stop us from beating them in the AI war by frustrating our ability to build data centers BARTIROMO: Yeah. It is an industrial revolution part 2 with the amount of jobs and build out from these data centers, and it's certainly helping the economy as well
Democratic candidate for Texas governor, Gina Hinojosa, is out here with the receipts showing Greg Abbott is selling Texans’s future to the highest bidder. Save our planet. Vote blue! Vote Gina Hinojosa!
This is on Pete Hegseth‼️ The military has the biggest budget we have, and they’re living in conditions that sound more like an ICE detention center: • Record deployment • Exhaustion • Food shortages • Broken toilets • Moldy showers • Shortages of hygiene supplies • Mental health concerns
I’m truly horrified at this video! This girl is going to be traumatized for the rest of her life! 😡 #Pinks #USDemocracy
